Media Stocks: The State of the Top 13

For a week filled with media layoffs (shockingly, even more than usual), the stocks of major media companies actually fared quite well. The majority of 13 largest public companies saw share price rise, including Viacom, which laid off 850 people. Your results after the jump.


Time Warner (TWX) — closed at 8.51 on Friday 12/05, +1.39 from close on Friday 11/28
Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) — 16.16, -0.49
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) — 22.77, +1.27
News Corp. (NWS) — 8.76, +1.16
DirecTV Group (DTV) — 22.01, -0.39
NBC Universal (General Electric Co.) (GE) — 17.85, +1.66
CBS Corp. (CBS) — 7.39, +0.89
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) — 11.03, +0.51
Viacom (VIA-B) — 14.87, -0.15
Google (GOOG) — 283.99, -8.10
AT&T (T) — 28.15, -0.24
Gannett Co. (GCI) — 8.92, +0.64
Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC) — 14.35, +0.10

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